2008 Woodie Awards
BC students get internships
Katherine J. White
Issue date: 5/9/07 Section: Campus
Bakersfield College student and electrical engineering enthusiast Antonio Magdaleno is getting his hands on satellites this summer, but it has nothing to do with getting more TV channels.
His satellites will be a little more stellar than that.
BC biology major Kate Ball is spending the summer delving into the intricacies of magnetotactic bacteria.
Both Magdaleno and Ball have accepted internships at institutions that offer college students chances to participate in prestigious programs. Magdaleno has been accepted into a 10-week summer internship program offered by NOAA or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Springs, Maryland. Ball has been admitted into a 10-week, 40-hour a week "research experience program for undergraduates" in microbiology at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
Magdaleno said he belongs to not only BC's club MESA but also to BC's club HOPES or Hispanic Organization Promoting Engineering and Science, which is a chapter of a bigger organization called SHPE or the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. According to Magdaleno, every year there is a big convention called NTCC or National Technical Career Conference. At the latest NTCC convention in January 2007, in Denver, Colorado, Magdaleno and a fellow BC engineering student met a Stanford University-based recruiter for NOAA.
The recruiter inquired about their GPAs and asked if they wanted to apply for NOAA. Magdaleno eventually applied online, and soon he received a confirmation of acceptance for the internship by NOAA. Only 15 students in the U.S. had been accepted into the summer program; two of these students were from California. One of those Californian students was, of course, Magdaleno.
"I was really surprised when I got accepted as an intern by them," Magdaleno said.
Magdaleno said he will get free room, board, and a stipend of $650 per week.
According to Magdaleno, an engineering student's chances for employment improve greatly with internships, especially if the internships are taken early on in the student's educational career. Companies favor students with internship experience, he said.
His satellites will be a little more stellar than that.
BC biology major Kate Ball is spending the summer delving into the intricacies of magnetotactic bacteria.
Both Magdaleno and Ball have accepted internships at institutions that offer college students chances to participate in prestigious programs. Magdaleno has been accepted into a 10-week summer internship program offered by NOAA or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Springs, Maryland. Ball has been admitted into a 10-week, 40-hour a week "research experience program for undergraduates" in microbiology at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
Magdaleno said he belongs to not only BC's club MESA but also to BC's club HOPES or Hispanic Organization Promoting Engineering and Science, which is a chapter of a bigger organization called SHPE or the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. According to Magdaleno, every year there is a big convention called NTCC or National Technical Career Conference. At the latest NTCC convention in January 2007, in Denver, Colorado, Magdaleno and a fellow BC engineering student met a Stanford University-based recruiter for NOAA.
The recruiter inquired about their GPAs and asked if they wanted to apply for NOAA. Magdaleno eventually applied online, and soon he received a confirmation of acceptance for the internship by NOAA. Only 15 students in the U.S. had been accepted into the summer program; two of these students were from California. One of those Californian students was, of course, Magdaleno.
"I was really surprised when I got accepted as an intern by them," Magdaleno said.
Magdaleno said he will get free room, board, and a stipend of $650 per week.
According to Magdaleno, an engineering student's chances for employment improve greatly with internships, especially if the internships are taken early on in the student's educational career. Companies favor students with internship experience, he said.
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